Improved music-stand



lnited tat-ea A. R. NEl"lLE'l()l\l',y 0F UNIONVLLE, CONNECTICUT.

Lamepaam No. 96,026, dated october 19, 1869.

IMPRovED Music-STAND.

Tbe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent a-.nd`makng part of thesame.

.To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. R. NETTLETON, of Unionville, county of Hartford,and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Music-Stands; and to enable others skilled inthe lartto make the same, I will proceed to describe its construction andoperation, referring to the drawings, in which the same letters-indicatelike parts in each of the ligures.

.The nature of this invention consists in sojointing the parts togetherthat they may be expanded, to occupy and answer the purpose andconvenience of the common music-stands for use, and so that it can bequickly and easily folded .or compressed into about the space of onefoot in length and three or four inches square or diameter, therebyrendering it compact for transportation, simple and cheap ofconstruetion, and convenient for use.

1n the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side and front elevation.

Figure 2 is a portion of the sheet-holder.

Figure 3 is an end section of the sheet-holder, showing one of thefingers by which the sheet is held, and its mode of construction.

Figure 4 is a section view of the standard.

Figure 5 represents the sheet-holder folded closely together.

ais a three-sided hub, having in its' upper end-a screw-threaded socket,.to receive a screw, a', formed -on the lower end of the standard. Thelegs b are each made in one or two parts, flatl or concave shape, andwhen made intwo parts, are

-` jointed near the centre, so that they may close to gether when turnedin one direction, and when opened in the opposite direction, as when .inuse, will be rigid', by means ofthe lips b' near the upper end of thelower portion of the legs. f

The upper ends of these legs so formed are jointed to the side of' -thehub a, by means of screws or lpins b".'

These legs are provided with depressions c, one side of which bearsagainst the pin -c' in the hub a, and just above the fastening-pin orscrew b" o'f the legs, when closed together in a straight line with thestandard, and the other also bears against the pin c', when the legs areexpanded as shown, (sce fig. 1,) thus rendering the .legs rigid while intheir proper position for use.

The standard d is wholly or mostly made of tubing,

one part fitting closely Zinside of the other, so that onev or bothparts (more or less in number) may be adjusted' and secured inanydesired position, by means of setscrews d.

The upper end -of this standard is provided with a clutch, d", by meansof which the sheet-holder is held about equal width, having a lip, f1,turnedup in front. i

This boxing vis also jointed at g, and is held in a rigid `straightposition, by means 'of a spring- The frame of this holder is made ofseveral pieces x, of sheet-metal, and pivoted together at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, and S, and the whole frame secured by one corner to one end f 2ofthe boxing j, while a button, f3, passes through a slot, f, andturned, which fastens the fra-mcwork in position for use.

tare swinging or movable spring-fingers, secured at each end of theboxing f, so that when the sheet of music is placed between the frameand the lingers, it will be rmly held in position.

As a modification of the-above,lhy forming a slit near the inner end ofone of the diagonal pieces x, which extend across from one .corner ofthe frame to the other corner, and securing the outer ends to `theframe, and also by forming a slit in the inner end of one of the otherpieces fc, which extend diagonally from one corner to the otlie1',ac1ossthe first, and -the outer ends secured to the frame, while all four of`the inner ends are held. in position in the centre, by means of a pinor rivet, and the-two slit-ted pieces allowed to play upon said pin orrivet.

YThus the frame may be freely opened and closed,

Iwithout the use of a button, o r detaching any one part thereof fromanother'.

lAlso, that the centrejoint of'. the top bar may be dispensed with,v anda single bar, in one piece, may be hinged at the two upper corners,which will fully answer every purpose to allow the frame-to be freelyopened for use, and easily closed into the boxingf- Thus it will beseen, that when it 'is desirable-to lay aside the standaby turning downthe fingers into the boxing, and releasing the button f3 from itsslitopening j, the fra-me will then'hang by one corner to one end f2ofthe boxing f, when the whole frame can be easily and quickly closed upinto the boxing, and one portion of the box closed over the other into acompact form, and by loosening the set-screws l1 liu the stock d, onepart will be compressed, one intov the other.

jThen, by turning the standard or the screw a out of the hub-socket a,another compact portion of fthe stand will be formed. l

Then, by closing the legs together', and turning the lower portion ot'each leg around over the upper portion, successively, of each leg, at4third compact What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patportionof the stand will be produced. ent, isf- Then, by placing the threeportions together, the The combination of the. sheet-holder A, standardwhole will he brought into a small,-compact comd, hub a, and legs b,substantially as set forth. pass. A. R. NETTLETON. [LL s.]

I believe I have thus shown the nature, oonstruc- 1 tion, and operationof this invention, so as to enable Witnesses: others skilled iu the artto make and use thevsame H. NORTHROP,

therefrom.v NEWTON WOODRUFF.

